Chemical modification of papain. I. Reaction with the chloromethyl ketones of phenylalanine and lysine and with phenylmethyl-sulfonyl fluoride.
Chemical modification of papain. I. Reaction with the chloromethyl ketones of phenylalanine and lysine and with phenylmethyl-sulfonyl fluoride.
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木瓜蛋白酶的化学修饰。
DOI:
10.1016/0003-9861(68)90304-4
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发表时间:
1968
影响因子:
3.9
通讯作者:
J. Perez
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作者:
J. Whitaker;J. Perez
Reaction of papain with the chloromethyl ketones of tosyl-l-phenylalanine and tosyl-l-lysine is rapid and results in a complete loss of activity. The chloromethyl ketones react specifically with the sole sulfhydryl group (on cysteine residue No. 25) of papain as shown by sulfhydryl group analysis, amino acid analysis, spectrophotometric data, and failure to react with mercuripapain. The limiting second-order reaction rate constant for reaction of α-N-tosyl-l-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone with papain was found to be 200m−1sec−1at 0 ° and to be dependent upon a single prototropic group of pK8.90. The rate of the reaction increases with increasing pH, an indication that the reactive species is the thiol anion. Phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride inhibits papain rapidly at pH 7 and 0 °. The inactive enzyme can be fully reactivated by treatment with dithiothreitol. Attempts to prepare hydroxypapain after reaction with phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride have not been successful.